info343/labs/10/jqm.page.params.js

// jqm.page.params.js - version 0.1
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(function( $, window, undefined ) {

// Given a query string, convert all the name/value pairs
// into a property/value object. If a name appears more than
// once in a query string, the value is automatically turned
// into an array.
function queryStringToObject( qstr )
{
   var result = {},
      nvPairs = ( ( qstr || "" ).replace( /^\?/, "" ).split( /&/ ) ),
      i, pair, n, v;

   for ( i = 0; i < nvPairs.length; i++ ) {
      var pstr = nvPairs[ i ];
      if ( pstr ) {
         pair = pstr.split( /=/ );
         n = pair[ 0 ];
         v = pair[ 1 ];
         if ( result[ n ] === undefined ) {
            result[ n ] = v;
         } else {
            if ( typeof result[ n ] !== "object" ) {
               result[ n ] = [ result[ n ] ];
            }
            result[ n ].push( v );
         }
      }
   }

   return result;
}

// The idea here is to listen for any pagebeforechange notifications from
// jQuery Mobile, and then muck with the toPage and options so that query
// params can be passed to embedded/internal pages. So for example, if a
// changePage() request for a URL like:
//
//    http://mycompany.com/myapp/#page-1?foo=1&bar=2
//
// is made, the page that will actually get shown is:
//
//    http://mycompany.com/myapp/#page-1
//
// The browser's location will still be updated to show the original URL.
// The query params for the embedded page are also added as a property/value
// object on the options object. You can access it from your page notifications
// via data.options.pageData.
$( document ).bind( "pagebeforechange", function( e, data ) {

   // We only want to handle the case where we are being asked
   // to go to a page by URL, and only if that URL is referring
   // to an internal page by id.

   if ( typeof data.toPage === "string" ) {
      var u = $.mobile.path.parseUrl( data.toPage );
      if ( $.mobile.path.isEmbeddedPage( u ) ) {

         // The request is for an internal page, if the hash
         // contains query (search) params, strip them off the
         // toPage URL and then set options.dataUrl appropriately
         // so the location.hash shows the originally requested URL
         // that hash the query params in the hash.

         var u2 = $.mobile.path.parseUrl( u.hash.replace( /^#/, "" ) );
         if ( u2.search ) {
            if ( !data.options.dataUrl ) {
               data.options.dataUrl = data.toPage;
            }
            data.options.pageData = queryStringToObject( u2.search );
            data.toPage = u.hrefNoHash + "#" + u2.pathname;
         }
      }
   }
});

})( jQuery, window );